Thomas McGrath

Start the Poetry Now !

Pamela Sund, Vincent Dussol

From hard scrabble origins on the Plains of North Dakota, to longshoremen organizing on Manhattan’s West Side docks, to living the life of a Bohemian poet in Los Angeles and beyond, Thomas McGrath’s literary aspirations took him far from his humble beginnings.

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From hard scrabble origins on the Plains of North Dakota, to longshoremen organizing on Manhattan’s West Side docks, to living the life of a Bohemian poet in Los Angeles and beyond, Thomas McGrath’s literary aspirations took him far from his humble beginnings.

For over six decades, McGrath created poems based largely on the themes of love, work, and political justice.

His love of the prairie and his early years on a working farm were central to his life. The virtues of the agrarian community plus the Catholic faith of his family, shaped his Old West character.

He was a political progressive and at times a member of the Communist Party of America. In the 1950’s, he was brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee and blacklisted following his appearance.

McGrath was the consummate non-conformist in his life and art. He refused to submit to the philosophy that politics and poetry must be kept separate. His epic work, Letter to an Imaginary Friend, is anchored by progressive politics, political and social theory, his love of family, his love of love, and, arguably, the greatest layering of language idioms in the history of American poetry.

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Year of publication 2011
Author Pamela Sund, Vincent Dussol
Format 16 x 24
ISBN 978-2-84269-925-3
ISSN 1157-1373
Number of pages 338
Editor Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée – PULM
Language English
Type of book Paperback, perfect binding
Date of availability Jun 20, 2011
8 sens stock quantity 34
Weight 0.720000
Subtitle Start the Poetry Now !
Pamela Sund, Vincent Dussol

Pamela Sund is a long-term friend and student of Thomas McGrath. She is an art critic and educator, Pamela Sund resides in Fargo, North Dakota.

Vincent Dussol teaches American literature at University Paul-Valéry, Montpellier.

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